| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne |
| Effective | 8/30/2026, 5:18:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/30/2026, 6:00:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 30 at 4:18PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Details
At 418 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers 9 miles south
of Potter, or 18 miles southeast of Kimball, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include…
Sidney, Potter, Brownson, Sidney Municipal Airport, Lorenzo, and
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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